Ten Indiana University students, led by founder Dan Ponce, formed SNC in 1996, before the Glee-driven craze of high school choral groups. The group played venues such as Wrigley Field and Carnegie Hall but the members disbanded three years later (although the group continued on the university level with new singers).

In 2006, a video of Straight No Chaser performing 12 Days of Christmas in 1998 was uploaded by original member Randy Stine to YouTube and went viral. (It has now ratcheted up more than 16 million views.) Kallman saw the video, called Stine and before you could say "partridge in a pear tree," the group had not only gotten back together but signed a five-album deal.

The movie idea germinated with Sugar met with Kallman, who told him the story. The Anonymous men liked the idea of having a second chance to live out your dreams and thought the story could make for an inspirational movie.

Anonymous, which is already producing the currently shooting Wikileaks movie The Fifth Estate for DreamWorks, brought the package to the company last week, who preemptively took it off the table.

Amiel and Berger wrote Big Miracle, the Drew Barrymore whale drama released by Universal in 2012 and also co-produced by Anonymous. Other credits include The Shaggy Dog and Raising Helen. The duo is repped by WME and Anonymous.

Sucsy broke through when he co-wrote and directed HBO’s acclaimed Grey Gardens, which won six Emmys and two Golden Globes. Vow, which starred Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, grossed $125 million domestically last year. He is repped by CAA, Anonymous and Bloom Hergott.